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Super Dude posted:Is there such a thing as anti-Apple pay, or just anti-NFC in general? I was under the impression that Apple pay was just standard NFC from the store's perspective. Doesn't the Walmart thing use barcodes or QR codes?
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I noticed my Best Buy has the new terminals with the stripe reader and the chip slot, so I tried using my amex with the chip and the guy told me that part isn't active. Of course, I had no idea that it would have required a PIN had it been working, and I don't know how I go about setting up a PIN for it.
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May 18, 2015 16:07
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td4guy posted:Yeah, Apple Pay uses VISA/MasterCard or whatever. CurrentC won't, so less transaction fee. That's why retailers like Walmart don't want people to become accustomed to paying with NFC. Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I noticed my Best Buy has the new terminals with the stripe reader and the chip slot, so I tried using my amex with the chip and the guy told me that part isn't active.
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May 18, 2015 16:12
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I noticed my Best Buy has the new terminals with the stripe reader and the chip slot, so I tried using my amex with the chip and the guy told me that part isn't active. It probably would have been chip-and-signature, same verification as if you had swiped, except added security because it is harder to spoof than a magstripe. PIN adds a two-factor auth aspect to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_and_Signature I think signatures are loving stupid and antiquated, anyway. My signature is different every time I write it, and usually it's not legible. Maybe I'm just an idiot.
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May 18, 2015 16:12
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My signature on credit receipts is essentially a swirl. It really doesn't matter since they only check something like 0.01% of transactions and anti-fraud detection generally catches any actual unusual transactions.
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May 18, 2015 16:14
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What happens to all those stupid paper receipts anyway? Do they actually scan them in somewhere or do they just keep em for a couple months?
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May 18, 2015 16:16
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Endless Mike posted:They should have sent you your PIN when you were issued the card. You probably discarded it since, at the time, the only real use for it was taking cash advances from ATMs and no one should be doing that. If you call, they'll send you a new one. In North America it'll be chip and signature not chip and PIN. I have an Amex that has a PIN for foreign transactions but you can't use the PIN in America.
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May 18, 2015 16:19
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Michael Scott posted:What happens to all those stupid paper receipts anyway? Do they actually scan them in somewhere or do they just keep em for a couple months?
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May 18, 2015 16:30
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notbrant posted:I have a 6plus running 8.2 and I had a question about navigating large audio files. The music app handles audiobooks pretty well, in my opinion. Just change the media type to audiobook in iTunes and resync. I don't know how using podcasts would be superior. You can also use audible's app for audiobooks in the music app, and it has more fine grained controls specifically for audiobooks.
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May 18, 2015 17:48
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Michael Scott posted:Um this doesn't have anything to do with Apple Pay. Chip-and-pin or EMV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMV) is how most of the world treats payment cards, and the U.S. has been slow to adopt this technology. Walmart went through the hassle of getting new machines all while avoiding utilization of NFC. That's all my post was about.
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Question Mark Mound posted:Heck, there's an Android phone whose solution to wireless card payments is just to spoof your magnetic stripe with some kind of EMP field thing. That's the Galaxy S6, and it does the magnetic emulation thing in addition to NFC, so it works at 100% of retailers who accept credit cards. It checks for NFC first, then falls back on magnetic. They opted for complete compatibility on all payment terminals, with normal swipe level security on non-NFC transactions.
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noirstronaut posted:Apple > Amazon > everyone else Anker > Apple > Amazon > cheap crap
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fordan posted:Anker > Apple > Amazon > cheap crap 
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May 18, 2015 19:21
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So companies that start with an A make good cables.
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May 18, 2015 19:25
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I'm a fan of the cables I ordered from AAA Cable Company of Auburn, Alabama.
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noirstronaut posted:Walmart went through the hassle of getting new machines all while avoiding utilization of NFC. That's all my post was about. It wouldn't surprise me if an an NFC capable card reader cost slightly more than one without. Walmart seems like the sort of place to care about that tiny bit of margin even if it were better for customers.
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May 18, 2015 20:41
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withak posted:I'm a fan of the cables I ordered from AAA Cable Company of Auburn, Alabama. I personally prefer AAAA Accessories and add-ons of Anchorage, Alaska.
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MrBond posted:It wouldn't surprise me if an an NFC capable card reader cost slightly more than one without. Walmart seems like the sort of place to care about that tiny bit of margin even if it were better for customers. A lot of the newer readers have it built in, just disabled in software. The Verifone and Ingenico ones I've seen have the tap targets under the screen, and if the store has disable it, then the screen just doesn't display the NFC symbol. For example Target and Panera have the same Verifone readers (at least where I am), and Target's disabled the NFC while Panera's left it on and actively advertised Apple Pay on it.
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May 18, 2015 21:23
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90% of places that don't support Apple Pay have the hardware for it but it's disabled for some reason, which surprises me. MacRumors makes a big deal about Trader Joe's finally accepting Apple Pay, and the podunk chain grocery store in Iowa I go to has accepted it since day one.
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May 18, 2015 22:02
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Whirlwind Jones posted:MacRumors makes a big deal about Trader Joe's finally accepting Apple Pay, and the podunk chain grocery store in Iowa I go to has accepted it since day one.
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Whirlwind Jones posted:90% of places that don't support Apple Pay have the hardware for it but it's disabled for some reason, which surprises me. Even better is your bank not supporting it cause they're small  I love my Credit Union. They've bailed me out in a couple tight spots so I'm not switching but they're also too small to implement ApplePay.
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May 19, 2015 20:03
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Hooray! http://store.apple.com/us/product/MGRM2AM/A/iphone-lightning-dock 
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May 19, 2015 20:05
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Fareway? That was a shocker to me.
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May 19, 2015 20:05
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That's the loneliest cemetery I've ever seen.
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May 19, 2015 20:07
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I hope there's a solid chunk of metal under that plastic that the tab is welded to.
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May 19, 2015 20:11
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There's not even a groove for it to set in, lol.
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May 19, 2015 20:15
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I assume that Apple designed it so the connector in the base inevitably breaks when the mounted phone gets bumped, not the internal parts in the phone. A 10-pack of replacement connectors will be $49.95.
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May 19, 2015 20:38
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Apple finally made a dock that works with the very cases they manufacture and sell. Yay! 
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May 19, 2015 20:40
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Hopefully it has somewhat of a weighted base, because you'd probably just take the dock with you if you tried grabbing the phone one day when you're in a rush.
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May 19, 2015 20:50
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Apple Pay adoption seems pretty impressive, considering the only phones that support it haven't existed for a full year yet. I recently got one of those chip-enabled credit cards but have yet to encounter a terminal that accepts it (even though the physical readers with the slot on the bottom are everywhere).
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So at work we're going to replace our landline phones, and the company got us every employee an iPhone - and no, not an iPhone 6 or even a 5S, but a lousy 5C with 8GB in a baby blue colour... Can't say we're the impressed. Not only is the screen rather small, it's so locked down it's not even funny. They've blocked installation of new apps (except for the ones which are company approved), you can't use your own iTunes account, they can (and will) read all your contacts, every entry in the calendar, your call list, your text messages and how much data you've used... So, for the most of us, the phone will be put away in the drawer, and only be taken out when the landline is finally shut down - nobody will take the phone along with them home.
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Kidney Stone posted:So at work we're going to replace our landline phones, and the company got us every employee an iPhone - and no, not an iPhone 6 or even a 5S, but a lousy 5C with 8GB in a baby blue colour... I'd just leave it plugged in at the office and set up call forwarding. gently caress those polic...ies
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Kidney Stone posted:So at work we're going to replace our landline phones, and the company got us every employee an iPhone - and no, not an iPhone 6 or even a 5S, but a lousy 5C with 8GB in a baby blue colour... Are you expected to use your phone outside of work hours? If not that makes no sense, wouldn't it be more expensive buying a ton of iPhones just to replace the daytime landline? 
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robodex posted:Are you expected to use your phone outside of work hours? If not that makes no sense, wouldn't it be more expensive buying a ton of iPhones just to replace the daytime landline? Well from the sounds of it, given the level of surveillance that they'll be able to do with the iPhones, his company probably sees it as a win-win even if it cost a ton to replace their landlines with them.
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If surveillance was the goal, they could have done a whole lot more if they'd gone with a VOIP solution. Just record everything and play it back at leisure. 
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Snuffman posted:Apple finally made a dock that works with the very cases they manufacture and sell. Yay! Is that confirmed? It works with the leather case?
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LampkinsMateSteve posted:Is that confirmed? It works with the leather case? It sticks out of the dock a poo poo ton. There's no way it wouldn't.
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tuyop posted:I'd just leave it plugged in at the office and set up call forwarding. gently caress those polic...ies That's what we're going to do - except the call forwarding point, if our employeer wants that, they our IT guys will have to set it up, we're not doing it by ourselves. robodex posted:Are you expected to use your phone outside of work hours? If not that makes no sense, wouldn't it be more expensive buying a ton of iPhones just to replace the daytime landline? Nope, unless you're management, we aren't supposed to use the phones outside work hours (which is fom 7 in the morning, until 17 in the afternoon, for me it's 7:00 to 14:30). But hey, the Danish goverment strikes back here - can't expect any big planning ahead :/
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Kidney Stone posted:That's what we're going to do - except the call forwarding point, if our employeer wants that, they our IT guys will have to set it up, we're not doing it by ourselves. It's like three clicks to "set up" unless your employer has locked that down as well. Settings>Phone>Call Forwarding.
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